.jpg) Seleznyov withMynai in 2021 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Yevhen Oleksandrovych Seleznyov | ||
| Date of birth | (1985-07-20)20 July 1985 (age 40) | ||
| Place of birth | Makiivka,Ukrainian SSR (nowUkraine) | ||
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
| Position | Striker | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2002–2009 | Shakhtar Donetsk | 26 | (7) |
| 2002–2004 | →Shakhtar-3 Donetsk | 41 | (9) |
| 2002–2006 | →Shakhtar-2 Donetsk | 53 | (19) |
| 2006–2008 | →Arsenal Kyiv (loan) | 36 | (19) |
| 2009–2011 | Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk | 51 | (30) |
| 2011–2012 | Shakhtar Donetsk | 26 | (16) |
| 2012–2016 | Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk | 88 | (38) |
| 2016 | Kuban Krasnodar | 9 | (3) |
| 2016 | Shakhtar Donetsk | 3 | (1) |
| 2017 | Karabükspor | 29 | (7) |
| 2018–2019 | Akhisarspor | 24 | (9) |
| 2019 | →Málaga (loan) | 12 | (0) |
| 2019–2020 | Bursaspor | 28 | (10) |
| 2020–2021 | Kolos Kovalivka | 10 | (5) |
| 2021–2023 | Mynai | 17 | (1) |
| Total | 453 | (174) | |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2005 | Ukraine U21 | 1 | (0) |
| 2008–2018 | Ukraine | 58 | (11) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 12 May 2023 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 14 June 2019 | |||
Yevhen Oleksandrovych Seleznyov (Ukrainian:Євген Олександрович Селезньов; born 20 July 1985) is a former Ukrainian professionalfootballer.
He previously played three spells atShakhtar Donetsk, winning theUEFA Cup in2009, and a domesticdouble three years later. He was the league's top scorer in their double-winning season, and maintained the honour the following season with Dnipro.
A full international since 2008, Seleznyov has earned over 50 caps forUkraine, scoring 11 international goals. He was part of their squad when they co-hostedUEFA Euro 2012.
Born inMakiivka,Ukrainian SSR,Soviet Union, Yevhen Seleznyov is a product of the Shakhtar Donetsk and theShakhtar Makiivka academies. After being promoted to professional level in 2002, he had difficult time to secure its place in the first team and played for the club's second and third teams in lower leagues as well as the club's reserve team. His chance to distinguish himself at premiers Seleznyov gained in the winter of 2007 when he went on a one-and-a-half year loan deal toArsenal Kyiv. Seleznyov was one of the top goal-scorers in the2007–08 Ukrainian Premier League, having scored 17 goals in 24 games. Soon after returning to Donetsk he was called up to the Ukraine national team.
On completion of his loan, he returned to Donetsk and signed a 5-year deal.[1] He scored his first goal for Shakhtar on 3 August againstIllichivets Mariupol in a 3–0 victory· He played three matches in theUEFA Champions League, including a 5–0 home win overFC Basel, in which he came on as a substitute and scored a goal.[2]
He made two appearances in theUEFA Cup as they won it in his first season at the club: on 19 February 2009, a minute after replacingOleksandr Hladkyy, he headed inJádson's free kick with his first touch of the game to score pastTottenham Hotspur goalkeeperHeurelho Gomes to open a 2–0 win.[3]
On 25 July 2009, Seleznyov signed with rivalsDnipro Dnipropetrovsk in a deal worth €4.5 million. That same day, he scored his first goal for Dnipro on his debut againstMetalist Kharkiv.In the next two seasons, Seleznyov established himself at Dnipro as a target man of good scoring ability, especially with his head. He was the top scorer of the2010–11 Ukrainian Premier League season with 17 goals in 24 games.
On 22 June 2011, Dnipro re-sold him to his previous clubShakhtar Donetsk. The transfer fee was undisclosed but it is estimated to be around €5 million.[4][5] In September 2011 Seleznyov was involved in multi carpile up, while driving hisMaserati inDonetsk. Luckily nobody got physically hurt.[6]
At the end of the2011–12 season, Seleznyov was Shakhtar's top league goalscorer, and joint top league scorer outright withMaicon with 14, despite the latter scoring two penalties. Seleznyov scored againstAPOEL Nicosia in the Champions League, in a 2–0 win.[7]
On 29 August 2012, Seleznyov went back to Dnipro for an undisclosed fee.
On 7 May 2015, Seleznyov scored an 80th-minute equaliser in theEuropa League semi-final first leg againstNapoli, making it 1–1 and giving Dnipro theaway goals advantage heading into the second leg.[8] In the second leg, at theOlympic Stadium inKyiv, a week later, Seleznyov scored the only goal of the game as Dnipro won 1–0, to go through to their first Europeanfinal on 27 May 2015, 2–1 winners on aggregate.[9] Dnipro lost the final 3–2, with Seleznyov entering the game in the 78th minute.
On 25 February 2016, he signed a contract with the Russian teamFC Kuban Krasnodar.[10] Seleznyov was released by Dnipro to Kuban for free under a condition that Seleznyov will forgive the club's debts which exceed over 1 mln Euros.[11] Before signing with Kuban, Seleznyov refused offers from some clubs of the EnglishPremier League.[12]
On 11 May 2016 in an interview with the channel Football 1 Yevhen Seleznyov confirmed that he terminated the contract with Kuban.[13] Following that season Kuban relegated to theRussian First League.
On 14 May 2016,FC Shakhtar Donetsk confirmed that the club had signed a 2-year contract with Seleznyov.[14] In December 2016 on mutual consent Seleznyov left the club.[15]
Less than a week later after leaving Shakhtar, it was announced that Seleznyov signed a contract with the TurkishKardemir Karabükspor which only recently returned to theTurkish Super League.
On 10 May 2018, Seleznyov helpedAkhisar Belediyespor win their first professional trophy, the2017–18 Turkish Cup.[16]
On 24 May 2008, he made his debut for theUkraine national football team in a friendly againstNetherlands. He scored his first international goal againstNorway inDnipropetrovsk on 19 November, the only goal of the game.
Seleznyov was a member of Ukraine's squad as they co-hostedUEFA Euro 2012, but did not enter the field of play in theirgroup stage exit.
On 6 September 2013, Seleznyov was one of nine Ukrainian players to score in their 9–0 thrashing ofSan Marino at theArena Lviv inqualification for the following year's World Cup.[17] He scored his first international two-goal haul on 15 October in the reverse fixture, as Ukraine won 8–0 inSerravalle;[18] the result qualified Ukraine forthe play-offs, which they lost toFrance.
| Club | Season | League | National cup[a] | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Arsenal Kyiv | 2006–07 | Vyshcha Liha | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 12 | 2 | ||
| 2007–08 | Vyshcha Liha | 24 | 17 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 24 | 17 | |||
| Total | 36 | 19 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 36 | 19 | ||||
| Shakhtar Donetsk | 2008–09 | Ukrainian Premier League | 26 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 5[b] | 2 | 1[c] | 0 | 34 | 11 |
| Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk | 2009–10 | Ukrainian Premier League | 27 | 13 | 3 | 3 | – | – | 30 | 16 | ||
| 2010–11 | Ukrainian Premier League | 24 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 2[d] | 1 | – | 29 | 19 | ||
| Total | 51 | 30 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | – | 59 | 35 | |||
| Shakhtar Donetsk | 2011–12 | Ukrainian Premier League | 23 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 3[e] | 1 | 1[c] | 0 | 29 | 15 |
| 2012–13 | Ukrainian Premier League | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 3 | 2 | |||
| Total | 26 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 32 | 17 | ||
| Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk | 2012–13 | Ukrainian Premier League | 22 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 6[d] | 3 | – | 32 | 10 | |
| 2013–14 | Ukrainian Premier League | 29 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 7[d] | 2 | – | 37 | 16 | ||
| 2014–15 | Ukrainian Premier League | 21 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 13[f] | 2 | – | 39 | 13 | ||
| 2015–16 | Ukrainian Premier League | 16 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 5[d] | 2 | – | 23 | 13 | ||
| Total | 88 | 38 | 12 | 5 | 31 | 9 | – | 131 | 52 | |||
| Kuban Krasnodar | 2015–16 | Russian Premier League | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 10 | 3 | ||
| Shakhtar Donetsk | 2016–17 | Ukrainian Premier League | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2[e] | 1 | 1[c] | 0 | 7 | 2 |
| Karabükspor | 2016–17 | Süper Lig | 16 | 6 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 16 | 6 | ||
| 2017–18 | Süper Lig | 13 | 1 | 2 | 1 | – | – | 15 | 2 | |||
| Total | 29 | 7 | 2 | 1 | – | – | 31 | 8 | ||||
| Akhisar Belediyespor | 2017–18 | Süper Lig | 17 | 6 | 5 | 4 | – | – | 22 | 10 | ||
| 2018–19 | Süper Lig | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3[d] | 0 | 1[g] | 1 | 11 | 4 | |
| Total | 24 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 33 | 14 | ||
| Málaga | 2018–19 | Segunda División | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 12 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 304 | 130 | 31 | 16 | 46 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 380 | 161 | ||
| Ukraine | ||
| Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 5 | 1 |
| 2009 | 8 | 3 |
| 2010 | 7 | 1 |
| 2011 | 7 | 0 |
| 2012 | 6 | 0 |
| 2013 | 9 | 4 |
| 2014 | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 | 6 | 2 |
| 2016 | 4 | 0 |
| 2017 | 3 | 0 |
| 2018 | 3 | 0 |
| 2019 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 58 | 11 |
| No | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 19 November 2008 | Dnipro-Arena,Dnipropetrovsk,Ukraine |  Norway | 1–0 | 1–0 | Friendly |
| 2. | 2 February 2009 | Tsirion Stadium,Limassol,Cyprus |  Slovakia | 2–1 | 3–2 | Cyprus International Football Tournaments |
| 3. | 5 September 2009 | Valeriy Lobanovskyi Dynamo Stadium,Kyiv,Ukraine |  Andorra | 5–0 | 5–0 | 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 4. | 14 October 2009 | Comunal,Andorra la Vella,Andora | Andorra | 5–0 | 6–0 | 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 5. | 4 September 2010 | Stadion Widzewa,Łódź,Poland |  Poland | 1–1 | 1–1 | Friendly |
| 6. | 14 August 2013 | Olimpiyskiy National Sports Complex,Kyiv,Ukraine |  Israel | 2–0 | 2–0 | Friendly |
| 7. | 6 September 2013 | Arena Lviv,Lviv,Ukraine |  San Marino | 2–0 | 9–0 | 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 8. | 15 October 2013 | Stadio Olimpico,Serravalle,San Marino | San Marino | 1–0 | 8–0 | 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 9. | 3–0 | |||||
| 10. | 9 October 2015 | Philip II Arena,Skopje,Macedonia |  Macedonia | 1–0 | 2–0 | UEFA Euro 2016 qualification |
| 11. | 14 November 2015 | Arena Lviv,Lviv,Ukraine |  Slovenia | 2–0 | 2–0 | UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying play-offs |
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